Fiction A to Z
November 2024
Recent Releases
The Book Swap
by Tessa Bickers

Erin accidentally puts a novel she's lovingly annotated into a Little Free Library near her London home -- but even worse, it held a bookmark from her late best friend. She longs for the book's return, and one day it appears...with additional notes. Corresponding via classic novels, Erin discusses grief and more with a mystery man, who might be someone she knows. Read-alike: Kristina Forest's The Neighbor Favor.
We Need No Wings
by Ann Dávila Cardinal

After her husband of over 30 years dies, Tere Sanchez feels unmoored and is stunned to find herself hovering over her garden. A descendent of levitating St. Teresa of Ávila, Tere visits a cousin who's a nun in Spain to learn more, and meets people who change her life in this moving story about loss, self-discovery, and second chances. Try these next: Elizabeth Acevedo's Family Lore; Anamely Salgado Reyes' My Mother Cursed My Name; Beth Morrey's The Love Story of Missy Carmichael.
The Mighty Red
by Louise Erdrich

In 2008 Argus, North Dakota, where the Red River flows north, Crystal hauls sugar beets every night while her daughter Kismet ponders college even as two boys want to marry her: the wealthy school quarterback and the homeschooled son of a bookstore owner. In lyrical prose, this latest by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author explores love, nature, industrial farming, and rural life. Try these next: Joselyn Takacs' Peace Oysters; Amy Jo Burns' Mercury; Ash Davidson's Damnation Spring.
Our Evenings
by Alan Hollinghurst

In this "tour de force" (Publishers Weekly), sixtyish British Burmese actor Dave Win tells the story of his life, including being raised by a single mother in England, winning a scholarship to an elite boarding school in the 1960s, dealing with racism and homophobia, making a living in the theater, his romances, and seeing his childhood bully become a right-wing Brexit leader. Read-alikes: Shastri Akella's The Sea Elephants; Tan Twan Eng's The House of Doors.
The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife
by Anna Johnston

Widowed 82-year-old Frederick Fife is lonely, broke, and nearly homeless. When a park outing for dementia patients finds him mistakenly gathered up and taken to a care home, Frederick embraces his new life, though at least one nurse has concerns about him. Fans of charming stories like Shelby Van Pelt's Remarkably Bright Creatures or Brooke Fossey's The Big Finish will enjoy this debut novel.
The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern
by Lynda Cohen Loigman

Newly arrived at a senior community in 1987 Boca Raton, Florida, retired pharmacist Augusta Stern bumps into Irving Rivkin, who broke her heart when they were teenagers in 1920s Brooklyn. This moving and whimsical tale of love lost and found unfolds in two timelines, revealing that it's never too late for a second chance at love. Read-alikes: Jill Santopolo's Stars in an Italian Sky; Heather O'Neill's The Lonely Hearts Hotel.
This Motherless Land
by Nikki May

After her mother and brother die in a car accident in Lagos, Nigeria, young Funke is sent to Somerset, England, where she finds both her relatives and the weather to be cold. Still, she finds joy with her cousin Liv, though later events tear them apart. Loosely based on Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, this vibrant novel explores identity, family, and belonging, and takes place between 1978 and the 1990s. Try this next: Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi’s Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions.
The Perfect Storm : a mystery
by Paige Shelton

"Beth Rivers needs to disappear. Her one-time kidnapper, Travis, is on his way to her town in Alaska, and she's losing time to get out quickly. The perfect spot for Beth and her boyfriend, Tex, to hide, presents itself in a camp in the woods, away from Benedict. But when their trip takes them by Blue Mine, a small community that has seen tragedy over the last couple months, plans get diverted. Beth and Tex bring the widow of a recently murdered man back to Benedict, for Police Chief Gril to investigate, only to find that nothing is quite what it seems. When the woman vanishes, Beth must be on the alert for further danger."
The Empusium
by Olga Tokarczuk; translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

In 1913 Poland, a weakened young man with tuberculosis travels to a men's health resort in the mountains, where each night the guests gather for philosophical discussions. But once there, he soon learns about strange events. This modern take on Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain cleverly combines folklore, literary fiction, and horror, and is the latest novel by Nobel Prize-winner Olga Tokarczuk.
This Girl's a Killer : a novel
by Emma C. Wells

Cordelia is a serial killer who kills unscrupulous men, and she never had a problem with it, until she starts to become not so sure about the new man her best friend, Diane, is dating.
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